Garment-stay.



W. l. ROCHE.

GARMENT STAY.

APPLICATION man unezz. 1914.

Patented Deo. 19, N16.

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i WILLIAMv J. RocHn, or MEADvrLLE, PEN

NSYLVANA, ASSIGNOR IO THE SPIRELLA GARMENT-STAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. i9, 19t@ Application led J` une 22, 1914. Serial No.846,590.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, WILLIAM J. Rooi-nuav resident of Meadville, in thecounty of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Garment-Stays, of which theV following is aspecification.

This invention relates to garment stays and particularly to Wire corsetstays.

The object of the invention is to provide a flexible Wire garment stayWhich yields readily in all directions, in which the bending strains aredistributed over a considerable length of Wire, so as to avoidcrystallization and deterioration of the metal and prevent the stay fromtaking a permanent set, and to provide a corset stay which is strongerand more resilient than prior stays and offers more resistance tobending strains, particularly in the edgeWise direction.

The invention comprises the stay hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a face view of a 'stay embodyingthe invention; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; Fig is a face view of amodified form of stay; and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are face views of othermodiications, the Wire in Fig. 5 being shown as a single line forsinipli cation.

The stay shown in the drawings is formed from Wire, a single continuousWire l being shown, which is bent back and forth in sinuous form to forma series of oppositely disposed main loops or eyes 2 lying along theedges of the stay and which are-connected by transverse intermediateVportions or crossings 3. Generally speaking the intermediate crossingsare alternately inclined in opposite directions so that the main loopsor eyes 2 are progressively arranged in staggered relationlongitudinally of the stay, although this is not essential. Said eyes orloops may all lie in substantially the same flat plane or may overlapeach other slightly longitudinally of the stay as shown at 4, Fig. 3.Said eyes or loops have broad closed outer ends and are Open at theirinner ends, and the Wire of the broad outer ends of the main loops oreyes is bent or coiled into a complete turn, to produce a series ofsmaller loops or eyes 5, each of Which lies Wholly Within one of themain eyes or loops 2. Said smaller eyes 5 may be of any suitable size,but preferably are slightly smaller than the main eyes or loops so thatthe Wire is not tightly `coiled at the edges of the stay and lies Withinthe large main eye and thereby increases the amount of wire in the stayand its resiliency, but Without materially increasing its thickness ormaking it bulky.

The intermediate portions or crossings 3 may be substantially straight,as shown in Figs. l and 3, or may be bent or deflected intermediate theedges of the stay. For example, each crossing portion of the Wire inFig. 4 is bent toward one end of the stay to form a trapezoidal loop 6which increases the total amount of Wire in the stay but especially theeffective length of the crossing portions subjected to torsional strainsWhen the stay is bent liatWise.

In F ig. 5 the crossing portions of the Wire are bent intermediate theedges of the stay into sinuous or S-shaped forni, as shown at 7, whichproduces a plurality of small loops o1' folds in the Wire, the loops orfolds in the successive crossings lying in a row along the middle of thestay.

In Fig. 6 each crossing portion of the Wire is bent or coiledintermediate its edges to form a small loop, eye or convolution 8.

In each of the forms shown the length of the crossing portions of theWire and also of the eyes or loops is increased, which enables the stayto better resist bending strains and distribute said strains over agreater length of the Wire and consequently avoids crystallization andbreakage. The stay may also be readily constructed as there are no tightcoils.

Y l/Vhat l claim is:

l. A garment stay, comprising Wire bent to form a series of main loopsor eyes lying at the edges of the stay and connected by transversepor-Lions or crossings, said eyes orloops having broad outer ends theWire of which is coiled to form a closed loop or eye smaller than themain loop or eye and extending toward the center line of the stay, eachof said closed loops or eyes lying Wholly Within one of the main loopsor eyes along the edges of the stay.

' 2. A garment stay, comprising' wire bent to form a series of mainloops or eyes lying along the edges of the stay and connected bytransverse portions or crossings, said main loops or eyes having broadouter ends the Wire of which is bent or coiled to form closedconvolutions smaller than and lying Within said main eyes or loops.

3. A garment stay, comprising Wirerbent back and forth to `orrn a seriesof moin loops or eyes lying along the edges of the stay and connected bytransverse portions or crossings, said main loops or eyes having broadouter ends the Wire of Whichis bent orooled to form Closed oonvolutionssmaller than and lying Within said main eyes or loops, the crossingportions of the Wire bein!! bent intermediate thew edges of the stay to10 form L series of closed loops or-conyolntions lying alone' theCenterlne of the Stay? In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set myhand. Y Y

WILLIAM J. ROCHE. Witnesses:

FF. CHARLTON, ADELA-IDE ROCHE.

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